Awesome episode! loved it. Music was epic, along with the placement. Finished roughly 6 minutes into DBZ 286, so next week will most likely tie up the scenes on the Supreme World of the Kais. Again, great episode, and I assume "Let it Burn" will play next week.

Am I the only one quite skeptical/ on edge about how exactly the track may be used and where? Personally without the singing and the guitar I think it might be decent but I just don't know. Maybe I'm completely wrong. That song just doesn't (at least without seeing it) seem like it belongs in Dragon Ball to me. And seeing as how this is the climax.... Yeah I'm a bit concerned.

I understand why people would feel that "Let It Burn" doesn't fit the series, and I agree, it doesn't fit the series overall...but it's not being used as an OP, so it's not meant to fit the series overall. It's meant for a particular moment, and if placed properly, it could fit that particular moment very well. The song has a very dark, almost apocalyptic feel to it, which helps give it a sense of finality, and that's perfect musical material for the final battle of the final arc, in my opinion.

That is, of course, assuming it's placed properly. Kai has sown on several occasions that it's not the best in that regard. To put it lightly.

Then again, I wouldn't be surprised if they don't use it at all in the Japanese version. They took out Masatoshi Ono's other English song ("Fight It Out"), after all, and replaced it with a Japanese song with another singer. I wouldn't be surprised if, for the Japanese cut, they wanted to keep the music strictly in Japanese. Of course, I could be wrong, but I'm betting on us not hearing that song until we get to the equivalent part in the international cut.

TheBlackPaladin wrote:I understand why people would feel that "Let It Burn" doesn't fit the series, and I agree, it doesn't fit the series overall...but it's not being used as an OP, so it's not meant to fit the series overall. It's meant for a particular moment, and if placed properly, it could fit that particular moment very well. The song has a very dark, almost apocalyptic feel to it, which helps give it a sense of finality, and that's perfect musical material for the final battle of the final arc, in my opinion.

That is, of course, assuming it's placed properly. Kai has sown on several occasions that it's not the best in that regard. To put it lightly.

Then again, I wouldn't be surprised if they don't use it at all in the Japanese version. They took out Masatoshi Ono's other English song ("Fight It Out"), after all, and replaced it with a Japanese song with another singer. I wouldn't be surprised if, for the Japanese cut, they wanted to keep the music strictly in Japanese. Of course, I could be wrong, but I'm betting on us not hearing that song until we get to the equivalent part in the international cut.

Indeed. That placement though, very unnerving. And this may just be my opinion, idk how others stand so much on it but personally I like Kuu Zen Zetsu Go waaaayy more than Fight it out.

TheBlackPaladin wrote:I understand why people would feel that "Let It Burn" doesn't fit the series, and I agree, it doesn't fit the series overall...

Why not?

"Dragon Ball once became a thing of the past to me, but after that, I got angry about the live action movie, re-wrote an entire movie script, and now I'm complaining about the quality of the new TV anime. It seems Dragon Ball has grown on me so much that I can't leave it alone." - Akira Toriyama on Dragon Ball Super

That was a great episode. I love how they edited this shot here to make it fit for the 16:9 aspect ratio during the next episode preview:
Rather than just leaving it like this (from the season Blu-rays):